Microsoft's Edge browser will be replaced with the Chrome kernel in April

Microsoft's April Windows 10 cumulative update will remove the older, outdated Edge browser and replace it with a new Chromium-based version that will debut in 2020.

Author: Gregg Keizer (Senior Correspondent, Computer World)

Source: Computer World | PST February 8, 2021 1:46 PM

Translation: W3Cschool

Microsoft has informed users that the April cumulative update for Windows 10, scheduled to arrive on April 13 in the "Tuesday Patch" of the month, will remove the original, now outdated Edge browser and replace it with a newer version of the Chrome-based Edge that debuted a year ago.

Users who receive the April update, including each Tuesday patch, will include this month's security vulnerability fix, and they will also receive Chromium Edge and lose the old Edge. Older browsers started in mid-2015 and become the default browser for Windows 10.

Skipping the April update won't help, because each cumulative update released after April 13 will also include the old Edge-gone new Edge-here process.

The April update will end the transition from an older Edge to a Chromium-based browser, which was first released in its stable version on January 15, 2020.

In August 2020, Microsoft explained how to end the life of the legacy Edge, including the date the final security update was released on March 9, 2021. However, developers in Redmond, Washington, did not set a delete date for the newer local version of Edge.

The Windows 10 20H2-driven device (upgrade released in October 2020) is already running Chromium Edge and therefore will not reinstall the browser. Instead, the April cumulative update will clear only legacy Edge systems.

PCs that use a different version of Windows 10 and users manually install Chromium Edge are considered the same.

Microsoft also noted that customers who apply the Windows 10 March Preview update, scheduled to appear around March 16, will find that Chromium Edge is installed and that the older version has been deleted because the optional version will also run browser switching.

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